How much information is in circulation on the internet
(in gigabytes)?
Infinite
What proportion of the world’s population can now go
online?
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm ( penetration
rate )
360,985,492 can now go online
The number of people who could access the internet in
1995?
16 Million people worldwide
The number of people who can access the internet in
today?
2,280 million people worldwide
How has the internet changed the following? For each
area, find at least TWO online articles that discuss these issues. Post up the
links on your MEST3 blogs and select THREE quotes that comment on the
area. Then write a short paragraph about
each of the bullet points saying what YOU think, in your own words.
nature of information
communication
privacy
community
online safety
business
culture
copyright
Nature of information
[1]The Web has succeeded so spectacularly as a new
publishing and communication medium for many reasons—the ease with which anyone
can publish, the ability to change and update content, the interconnectedness
from linking, the lack of a limit to the quantity of information published, and
more. While many Web sites, including some of the most popular ones, continue
to use the print model of publishing information in somewhat static articles,
others are experimenting with improving overall information quality by having
broader participation in the writing, correcting, and updating of content.
With the linking patterns on the Web, sites can create
virtual communities of interlinked sites that provide different views, related
information, and varying interpretations while still linking to each other.
Following the links between the sites can create a more complete information
portrait of an issue. [http://www.infotoday.com/online/sep04/OnTheNet.shtml]
What I think
I think the internet has change the nature of
information, it may be easier to access and almost instant and provides loads
of information, but the internet is not a reliable source of information as
information from books, which is based on pure knowledge. Nowadays websites
like ‘Wikipedia’ allows literally everyone and anyone to edit and type out
information and publish it on the website and this information is then used by
people and people take it a true, when it could be false.
Communication
[1] Before the internet, the only way to communicate with
someone is face to face or over the phone. If you had to write to someone, you
had to send a mail over to their place. We were content with that. However, we
look back at it now, we are pretty limited. Now, the internet has somewhat
merged the three forms of communication together. Instead of mailing a letter,
a lot of people email each other. It is a lot quicker than the other way. A lot
of people now communicate through texts. Now, thanks to Skype, you can have
video chats over the internet with. Social Networking has contributed a lot to
this change. A lot of friends are keeping up with each other on platforms like
Face book. The internet has also gone mobile. You now have phones that are
computers which can surf the web and communicate through various methods.
The internet has revolutionized a lot in the world.
Communication is one medium that has definitely been influenced by the
invention of the internet. A lot of people can stay in touch with each other
even if they move miles apart from each other thanks to the World Wide Web.
[http://www.intersectweb.org/2011/07/14/how-the-internet-has-changed-communication/]
[2] Over the past couple of decades, the internet has
quickly changed the way the world has communicated. From discussion boards
found all over the internet to the new wave of VoIP (voice over internet
protocol); we have seen a substantial change in the modern way people interact.
Communicating over the internet has made it possible to affordably communicate
worldwide with the same quality you would expect from your standard phone
lines. The internet holds the most of its information in searchable discussion
logs and public viewable pages which not only allow you to review previously
discussed topics, but the ability to find this information quickly and easily.
It also contains more information than any library in the world.
Without face to face interaction, people are more willing
to openly discuss more personal topics such as health, love, and life in
general. Users are also able to fully think out their discussion board post,
email, or message before it is sent which can allow a more meaningful
conversation. The connection between different regions and cultures also
provides a very unique experience.
Humanity is now seeing a greater demand in wireless data
services through mobile phone carriers that are able to provide internet access
within their networks which pushes this wave even further. In the United
States, it is not uncommon for people to have 2-3 devices that access the
internet. People are now able to access the internet at broadband speeds away
from their home, office, or hotspot through their wireless carriers EVDO or
EDGE supported cell towers. These speeds, along with mobility, allow people to
do everything they are able to do on their home or work connection while they
are out. PDA and Blackberry devices are paving the way to give an excellent
high speed mobile experience offering slimmed down yet feature rich versions of
our favorite operating systems.
[http://ezinearticles.com/?How-The-Internet-Is-Changing-Communication&id=662004]
What I think?
I think the
internet has changed communication for the better;
Now we can communicate with people overseas with programs
like ‘Skype’ and we can communicate with celebrities through a social
networking site called ‘twitter’.
Privacy
[1] The same technology that empowers people to do what
governments and corporations could on the positive side, empowers them on the
negative side. When people complain about losing their privacy these days, I
correct them and say, "Thank God you're losing your privacy. The loss of
privacy is the only thing that is the safety guard against being able to detect
terrorism early on. The fact that you can track every financial transaction or
you leave digital crumbs is what ultimately is going to allow artificial
intelligence and the law to track those who would want to do us harm because
the ability to do harm is growing as quickly as the ability to do good.
[2]Well, privacy, of course, is always a concern, and the
first thing about privacy is to remember that there's an off button. It's
important that you have control over your own privacy, and you can decide when
you want to record what you're doing and what you're not.
The biggest issues in society will come where people's
privacy collides with societal interests, so if you're photographed in a public
area, for example, do you have the right to be forgotten, as the Europeans have
suggested? Well, what happens if that's a public photo where there are other
people who wish to be remembered? How do we resolve those issues? Society has
never faced those kinds of questions.
From a privacy perspective, Google's perspective is that
you should have control over this, and, in fact, Google makes it possible for
you to see what we know about you, and then you can edit and delete it and that
sort of thing.
http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/internet-changed-privacy
What I think
I think that the internet has changed our privacy..
Simple websites like Facebook, are contracted with Google therefore all the
photos we upload on Facebook , Google owns. So that would mean if someone was
to type in a persons name on google images or google websearch. Photos from
their Facebook and all information about them would pop up. I think people are
quite careless with their own privacy when it comes to social networking websites.
If someone does not want their information on the net, dont put it up there.
simple.
Community
[1]well, before the 'internet' we would have had many
less ways to and very little entertainment facilities so really it changed our
live by just providing us with more ways of doing things for and e.g contacting
people through emails and msn, finding vairious information, and entertainment
(youtube and other popular sites).
And that's how i would say internet changed our lives
Read more:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_has_the_Internet_changed_our_lives#ixzz1yqgscOeo
[2]There is a big influence of technique on our daily
life. Electronic devices, multimedia and computers are things we have to deal
with everyday.
Especially the Internet is becoming more and more
important for nearly everybody as it is one of the newest and most
forward-looking media and surely “the” medium of the future.
Therefore we thought that it would be necessary to think
about some good and bad aspects of how this medium influences us, what impacts
it has on our social behaviour and what the future will look like.
http://www.tru.ca/cpj/essay.html
What I think
I think the way the internet has change community is for
the better. For example, when applying for a job, we can do it via
email, which is much quicker and easier, or before going out, we now have the
ability to check bus times on the internet.
Online Safety
[1] The
internet has changed university life in vast and sometimes unanticipated ways.
In the main, it has been an enormous benefit, allowing for ease of
communication, new forms of collaboration, incredible access to a world of
ideas, and the creation of new and previously unachievable communities. The
University wants students to approach the on-line world with undaunted
curiosity, and we believe that it can be healthy and exciting to build or
participate in on-line communities.
However, as more and more people have posted personal
information on the web -- either on their own web pages or through on-line
social networking communities -- the issues of privacy and safety have emerged
as increasingly important and urgent.
Some examples:
Job Searches -- The Wasserman Center for Career
Development has reports from students that that some employers have examined
personal profiles on Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, and similar social
networking sites. In some cases, the information they obtained has diminished
students’ prospects of securing jobs they were pursuing.
Violent Crime --Last year, police in Virginia were
investigating a possible connection between the murder of a Virginia
Commonwealth University student and personal information she had posted on the
web.
Exploitation -- Over the summer, the New York Post reported
the on the arrest of a Hunter College student who, adopting a false identity
and using information posted on a social networking site, persuaded a number of
women to send him nude photos of themselves, and threatened to post explicit
pictures on the internet.
Identity Theft -- Personal information posted on the web
can be helpful to those committing identity theft.
http://www.nyu.edu/employees/resources-and-services/it-and-computer-support/online-privacy-and-safety.html
[2] For all schools applying for Internet
Access, Internal Connections or Basic
Maintenance, the
"Internet safety policy must provide for the education of
minors about appropriate online behavior, including
interacting with other
individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms
and
cyberbullying awareness and response."
http://networkmaine.net/enrollment/PDF/CIPA_K12.pdf
What I think
I think the internet has definitely changed our online
safety, especially for children under the age of 18. The amount of pornography which
is accessible on the internet for free for children from the ages of 9 to gain
access too is ridiculous. Social networking sites , can cause cyber bullying or
stalking, anyone who is anyone can add someone or ‘follow’ someone on twitter
and find out information on an individual. Also with Google, they are an un
trustworthy source in my opinion. If I was to type ruby smith pdc in google , my pictures and videos will come up,
which would’ve probably been in the terms and conditions to allow permission to
put these photos on the internet, either way, what is the need to put peoples
photos on the internet?.
Business
[1] Definitely changed our business in the way we
communicate with customers, the way they communicate with us, the way we learn
from those communications. You know, billions of communications per year,
conversations with customers per year -- the way we share and collaborate
internally inside the organization. So one of our teams in France will have a
great success with something, and they'll share that online in our internal
social network, and that information will propagate much more rapidly through
the organization in kind of a horizontal flow. We sort of think about it in a
context of if we knew everything that the collective "we" really know
across the organization, we'd be much more cable of serving our customers in a
better way.
[2] The Internet has influenced
global industry in a number of ways.
First, online shopping made it possible for people to shop from
home. Now a person doesn't have to visit
a physical to store to purchase groceries, clothing, books, or, well …
anything. Online retailers might have
limited stock or specialized items or they might be like Amazon, selling
everything from books to bicycles. The
popularity of shopping online has made companies like Amazon giants, but it has
also helped cripple shopping malls.
Strip malls, for example, used to be a staple of suburban life in the
United States, but malls across the country are struggling with high vacancy
rates and fewer shoppers. While the Internet
cannot be entirely blamed for the current struggles of shopping malls (some
cite over-building as a cause and an economic downturn doesn't really help
either), since online shopping became prevalent, the shopping landscape has
certainly changed [source: CBSNews].
What I think?
Definitely, the majority of
business these days cannot function without a computer and the internet. You can now order pizza online and have it
delivered to you at a specific time without communicating with someone over the
phone. You can handle bank payments online, which is easier. The internet has definitely
changed business, but for the better.
Culture
[1] Though the Internet
seems almost omnipresent, it's not fully grown yet, the speakers agreed. It's
more of a teenager, they suggested, and will become not only more prevalent —
embedded in clothes, walls, maybe even our fingernails, Kleinrock said — but
also more sophisticated.
http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/how-40-years-of-the-internet-changed-111878.aspx
[2]The Internet has not yet
come of age in terms of governing," said Arianna Huffington, editor of the
Huffington Post. U.S. President Barack Obama would not have won without the
Internet, she said, but politicians have yet to figure out how to engage voters
after an election.
http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/how-40-years-of-the-internet-changed-111878.aspx
[2] y children will never fully
understand what a life changing experience the
Internet has had on our society
because they do not know life without it. The impact of
the Internet is far greater
than any other communicative tool in the history of mass
communications. While doing my
research I did find some experts who believed that
other inventions were more
important than the Internet as these inventions led to the
development of the Internet.
While this is certainly true that these early inventions may
have been important the Internet
has a far greater impact on U.S. society due to its
versatility and ability to
function in many aspects of our everyday lives.
Which otherinvention in the
last century allows us to email, instant message, research an automobile,
access a library, blog, purchase or sell stock, buy airline tickets and book a
hotel
Copywrite
[1] There is no doubt that in
2011, copyright law isn’t what it was in 1976. The web (and mobile) have all
forced the aging statute to evolve in ways that were never anticipated in a
world of digital everything.
Only late last year, the Obama
administration began the potential reform process via an inquiry into the
government’s stance on copyright on the net, and an end result is still years
to come.
While legislation stagnates, a
new, aggressive approach to enforcing the 34-year-old law against online
infringement by private and government interests is pushing the judicial
envelope to fill the void. Here’s what it means, and some new tactics used to
enforce copyright.
http://mashable.com/2011/03/24/copyright-law-enforcement/
[2] The snide answer is
"not enough." Many countries haven't overhauled their laws since
years before personal computers became common.
Because the internet makes
distribution of materials so cheap and easy, it's possible to violate copyright
law without even realizing it. Unfortunately, legislation will always lag
behind technology, so content owners try to apply the old rules to new things,
often with ridiculous results.
Lawmakers will need to entirely
revamp copyright law before it effectively deals with the internet.
Read more:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_has_the_internet_changed_copyright#ixzz1yqq9QDg2
What I think?
I think copywrite has been changed due to the internet to quite a
big extent, especially within the music industry. YouTube is a fantastic site
for promotion or being entertaining and getting yourself known. But for elite people its annoying when you
put out a new song , say for example the artist ‘ Mali Music’ he was recently
signed by Akon, and his music leaked on youtube and now everyone can have that track
and download it via YouTube converter.. That’s a waste of talent, waste of a
song, and money not made. I think these websites, need to be banned to help the
music industry , they no longer make money from their albums!
